Hyundai Motor Braces for Strike

Workers Plan Two-Hour Stoppages as Labor Talks Continue

By

Jeyup S. Kwaak

Updated Aug. 19, 2013 10:19 a.m. ET

SEOUL—Workers at Hyundai Motor Co.'s South Korean plants plan to strike this week for the second time this year, the latest disruption in a long history of labor strife at the nation's largest auto maker.

For months, Hyundai Motor and its labor union have been in annual negotiations over wages and benefits. The union said late Monday there had been no progress.